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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>EXODUS</span>
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CHAPTER 18
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Jethro comes to Moses bringing Moses’ wife and sons; he offers sacrifice to the Lord—Moses sits in judgment seat and hears all cases—Jethro counsels Moses to teach the law, to appoint lesser judges, and to delegate power to them.
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When</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Melchizedek.">Jethro</a>, the <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/18/1b" mark="b" type="I" title="JST Ex. 18: 1  . . .  high priest  . . .; D&C 84: 6 (6-16).">priest</a> of <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/18/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 25: 2 (1-6); Ex. 2: 16 (15-16).">Midian</a>, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/18/1d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ps. 106: 8.">God</a> had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, <i>and</i> that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had brought Israel out of Egypt;
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Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 21.">Zipporah</a>, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
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And her two <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 29.">sons</a>; of which the name of the one <i>was</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/18/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 22 (21-22); 1 Chr. 23: 15.">Gershom</a>; for he said, <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/18/3c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.">I</a> have been an alien in a strange land:
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And the name of the other <i>was</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/4a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE God of help.">Eliezer</a>; for the God of my father, <i>said he, was</i> mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
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And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 1; Ex. 4: 27.">mount</a> of God:
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And he <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE sent word.">said</a> unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
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&#182; And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of <i>their</i> welfare; and they came into the tent.
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And Moses told his father in law all that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, <i>and</i> all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and <i>how</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> delivered them.
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And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
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And Jethro said, Blessed <i>be</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
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Now I know that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 1: 51 (46-55).">proudly</a> <i>he was</i> above them.
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And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 14: 18.">bread</a> with Moses’ father in law before God.
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&#182; And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezra 7: 25; Mosiah 29: 11 (11-44); Alma 46: 4; D&C 107: 74 (74, 78).">judge</a> the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
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And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What <i>is</i> this thing that thou doest to the people?  why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
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And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/15a" mark="a" type="C" title="Amos 3: 7; Mosiah 28: 6; Alma 27: 10 (7, 10); Alma 43: 23; D&C 102: 23; JS-H 1: 18; TG Priesthood, Authority.">enquire</a> of God:
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When they have a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Cor. 6: 1 (1-8).">matter</a>, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make <i>them</i> know the statutes of God, and his laws.
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And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest <i>is</i> not good.
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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that <i>is</i> with thee: for this thing <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 11: 14 (14-17); Deut. 1: 9; D&C 10: 4.">too</a> heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
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Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/19a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR You represent the people before God.">Be</a> thou for the people to <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/18/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 4: 16.">God-ward</a>, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
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And thou shalt <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/20a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ezra 7: 25; D&C 88: 81; TG Teachers.">teach</a> them <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/18/20b" mark="b" type="F" title="OR laws and doctrine; TG Ordinances.">ordinances</a> and <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/18/20c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Law of Moses.">laws</a>, and shalt shew them the <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/18/20d" mark="d" type="A" title="John 14: 6.">way</a> wherein they must <sup>e</sup><a href="ex/18/20e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Walking with God.">walk</a>, and the work that they must do.
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 1: 15 (12-18); 2 Chr. 19: 5 (5-10).">able</a> men, such as <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/18/21b" mark="b" type="C" title="2 Sam. 23: 3; 2 Chr. 19: 9 (7-9); Neh. 7: 2; Mosiah 29: 13; TG Reverence.">fear</a> God, <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/18/21c" mark="c" type="D" title="OR faithful or trustworthy men.">men</a> of truth, hating <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/18/21d" mark="d" type="A" title="Deut. 16: 19; 1 Sam. 8: 3 (1-4); 2 Chr. 19: 7 (5-10).">covetousness</a>; and place <i>such</i> over them, <i>to</i> <i>be</i> <sup>e</sup><a href="ex/18/21e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Church Organization.">rulers</a> of thousands, <i>and</i> rulers of <sup>f</sup><a href="ex/18/21f" mark="f" type="A" title="D&C 136: 3 (2-3).">hundreds</a>, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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And let them <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Judgment.">judge</a> the people at all seasons: and it shall be, <i>that</i> every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear <i>the</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/18/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Leadership."><i>burden</i></a> with thee.
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If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee <i>so,</i> then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
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So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
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And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/18/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Delegation of Responsibility.">heads</a> over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
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&#182; And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
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